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Greece must be helped to avoid financial contagion on the scale of the Lehman Brothers meltdown in 2008, Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders told...

ATHENS – Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos, who has levied a series of taxes and penalties on workers, pensioners and the poor, said taxpayers will...

The German and Greek finance ministers agreed late Wednesday that Athens must boost its economic growth if the cash-strapped country wants to restore its...

Main Opposition New Democracy (ND) leader, Antonis Samaras expressed his views on the plan to fix Greece's finances in an interview with The Wall...

Business has almost returned to normal in the center of Athens after two days of violent[...]

General strike sees thousands of protesters gathering in the center of Athens, mostly workers who happily took time off from their jobs to protest against a new round of austerity reforms which must pass in two parliamentary votes on Wednesday and Thursday.

European Union leaders expressed confidence Monday at a meeting in Luxembourg that Greece will concede on the necessary economic reforms in order to receive...

Public services across Greece were crippled Wednesday as the country's two major unions staged a 24-hour general strike amid rising public anger and wavering...

Tomorrow, Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou will take part in a crucial meeting in Luxembourg with Eurogroup President Jean-Claude Juncker.  Delegates will table new...

Credit rating agency Moody's last night slashed its credit rating on debt-stricken Greece to Caa1 from B1, assigning it a 'Negative' outlook which means...